What is this Hippo Carriage? - History

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  • Опубликовано: 20 янв 2022
  • In this video, we take a quick look at the history behind a common internet meme.
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    [3] Stanon, Jeffrey. "Barnes City Zoo." Venice History Site, 2006. www.westland.net/venicehistor...
    [4] Rasmussen, Cecilia. "Cagey Entertainer’s Life Was a 3-Ring Circus." Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2002. www.google.com/amp/s/www.lati...
    [5] "Lotus--the Blood-Sweating Hippo." Calexico Chronicle, Volume XXII, Number 176, 12 March 1926. cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=CC1926031...
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Комментарии • 188

  • @Prototheria
    @Prototheria 2 года назад +130

    "What is This Hippo Carriage?"
    The most dangerous vehicle mankind has ever made.

    • @Bagginsess
      @Bagginsess 2 года назад +8

      No my good friend, that would be a baboon carriage.

    • @Robert_McGarry_Poems
      @Robert_McGarry_Poems 2 года назад +5

      @@Bagginsess No no, my friend, that would be a honey badger carriage... 🧐

    • @nmwinrich89
      @nmwinrich89 2 года назад +5

      @@Robert_McGarry_Poems no, no, no my friend, that would be the Ford Pinto

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany 2 года назад

      Prototheria is correct. Search for hippos defecating on RUclips. They must have not fed her until after shows.

    • @SMF314
      @SMF314 Год назад

      Wow! ... and I would have guessed it's a hippo cab, for touring the, um ... hippocampus.

  • @AndrewVelonis
    @AndrewVelonis 2 года назад +52

    "To participate in the nitrogen cycle" What an elegant expression. I must use that sometime.

    • @Fireoflearning
      @Fireoflearning  2 года назад +8

      Can't claim it as my own, a friend of mine used it

  • @Gerelos
    @Gerelos 2 года назад +129

    Today I learned that hippos sweat "blood." I had never heard of or seen this before, I assumed when you brought it up that people in the olden days just made it up to make the animal sound more exotic and otherworldly. That's amazing that they do actually coat themselves in a red liquid that resembles blood.

  • @hamslicemcdooogle8080
    @hamslicemcdooogle8080 2 года назад +180

    This video feels like it started as a community tab shitpost but then you were like “no wait there’s enough here to be serious for a sec” and then actually did it for realsies

  • @MootingInsanity
    @MootingInsanity 2 года назад +77

    Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't want to get in front of that thing, but I sure wouldn't be sitting behind it like that, either. The range of a hippo's sphincter is equivalent to field artillery.

    • @Bagginsess
      @Bagginsess 2 года назад +5

      >not having a shit shield
      ok pleb

    • @WK-47
      @WK-47 2 года назад +3

      That's roughly what I thought as soon as I saw the thumbnail. I've seen one of those things go off. Wouldn't even pose in a photo with one unless I had my shit shield with me.

  • @ungrave5231
    @ungrave5231 2 года назад +28

    And suddenly I am well informed about this subject. Thank you.

  • @Mr.internet.Lag.
    @Mr.internet.Lag. 2 года назад +10

    Hippo lore video finally

  • @Eli-dd5jc
    @Eli-dd5jc 2 года назад +4

    That's the Whippopotamus

  • @Archdukeofswol
    @Archdukeofswol 2 года назад +11

    I love how hippos are portrayed as kind fun gentle but in reality they are 1 ton testosterone filled behemoths

  • @canag0d
    @canag0d 2 года назад +14

    I consider what I knew aboot hippo carriages obsolete. Thanks!

  • @rukathehamsteratwork8896
    @rukathehamsteratwork8896 2 года назад +24

    Interesting ! 😯
    I’ve been watching RUclips videos on a Sunday afternoon (right now) to improve my English listening skills and I’ve just come across this video. I didn’t expect that I could learn something about hippos today. And I learned another English word (“perspiration”) from this video.Thank you so much, from Japan. 😊

    • @alakhazom
      @alakhazom 2 года назад +1

      Doitashimashite. Can i ask you a question? What is the guy saying exactly when he's feeding the hippo?
      Hai Agemasu? I tried searching the word,but couldn't find it! Thank you.
      ruclips.net/video/9wyhhxOZazI/видео.html

    • @rukathehamsteratwork8896
      @rukathehamsteratwork8896 2 года назад +1

      @@alakhazom Yes. “Hai, Agemasu (はい、あげます。) “ is exactly what he said, which means “Here you are / I’ll give this to you”
      (The name of the zoo in your video is “Nagasaki Bio Park”, I guess (probably). I have never been to Nagasaki, though.)

    • @alakhazom
      @alakhazom 2 года назад +1

      ​@@rukathehamsteratwork8896 Arigato goziemashita. I can't believe i nailed the romanization of agemasu!
      Probably i've seen too many japanese movies...though i've seen many Hk,Chinese(taiwanese also) and Korean-japanese language,phonetically seems like the most easy to comprehend,for an european. The words,if you pay attention,reveal themselves. I've heard the grammar is the most difficult out of the 3,although i'm not sure.
      That phrase,Hai Agemasu,just sounded cool,and catchy for my foreign ears.
      P.s:On a funny note, i haven't been to Nagasaki also,although i've been to Tokio. Nice city,and interesting culture!It surprised me pleasantly,after reading about it and Japan for years.
      Thank you again,and have a good night(it should be night there)!

    • @christsaves7405
      @christsaves7405 2 года назад

      As a native english speaker this comment made my day. It was so cute! Do you know the english word:
      "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"?
      Here is a nice how-to on how to pronounce it and a bonus listenimg excersice for you!!
      m.ruclips.net/video/7BH2CqE5mNQ/видео.html

  • @jeremy7372
    @jeremy7372 2 года назад +5

    pull up in the whippopotomous

  • @wartrix6046
    @wartrix6046 2 года назад +7

    Fire of Learning only asks the most important questions.

  • @SoiBoi_Kelda1059
    @SoiBoi_Kelda1059 2 года назад +4

    1:15 “for example, in Africa, it’s HOMELAND” 😂😂😂🤌🤌🤌

  • @veleouria
    @veleouria 2 года назад +10

    I love you lotus your memory lives on

  • @iamnubb_
    @iamnubb_ Год назад +2

    "What is this hippo carriage?"
    A bad idea.

  • @TheShveyn04
    @TheShveyn04 2 года назад +3

    Congratulations Mr. Learning. Looking forward for next video!

  • @kleonymos5726
    @kleonymos5726 2 года назад +5

    Hippocarting

  • @TupocalypseShakur
    @TupocalypseShakur 2 года назад +5

    The most dangerous vehicle known to man, that's what is.
    Someone beat me to it

  • @alaskansummertime
    @alaskansummertime 2 года назад +5

    If you bred gentle hippos over many generations you could breed hippos safe enough to keep as pets. Then its just a matter of house training them.

  • @diegoarmando5489
    @diegoarmando5489 2 года назад +9

    I want a hippopotamus for Christmas.

    • @kleonymos5726
      @kleonymos5726 2 года назад +10

      Will be your last Christmas

    • @jasondaveries9716
      @jasondaveries9716 2 года назад +3

      love your username

    • @bettyschneider5268
      @bettyschneider5268 2 года назад +1

      @@kleonymos5726 Lol 😂 🦏🐘🐃🐂🐗🐋🐄🐮🐷🐖 🎄🎄🎄🎁🎅🤶 no hippopotamuses emoji!

    • @Jose-xh5qb
      @Jose-xh5qb 2 года назад +2

      @@bettyschneider5268 there is 🦛

    • @bettyschneider5268
      @bettyschneider5268 2 года назад +1

      @@Jose-xh5qb Thanks but i don't have a hippo emoji! Lol 😂

  • @brianlehmkuhl8162
    @brianlehmkuhl8162 2 года назад

    Your videos are fantastic and informative, punctuated by your unique and surprisingly calming voice.
    Thank you for the hours of enjoyment 👍

  • @invisiblejaguar1
    @invisiblejaguar1 2 года назад

    So happy you're back

  • @bartvink976
    @bartvink976 2 года назад

    very cool video again, thanks brother

  • @aliali-ce3yf
    @aliali-ce3yf 2 года назад +2

    poor hippo shouldn't be forced to do that

  • @SpaceRodan
    @SpaceRodan 2 года назад +1

    Someone send this to Casual Geographic. He will no doubt have words for anyone interfacing with a murder water horse.

  • @seanbecker1714
    @seanbecker1714 2 года назад +2

    Bruh we gotta bring back the Whippopotamus

  • @twilightgardenspresentatio6384
    @twilightgardenspresentatio6384 2 года назад +2

    At least the beasts got to stretch their legs

  • @KowboyUSA
    @KowboyUSA 2 года назад +2

    We're all Hippos rollin' down the river
    Sometimes we can't touch the ground
    Like Hippos slidin' in the water
    Somehow we're stompin' around - Steppenwolf 1970

  • @mathieuleader8601
    @mathieuleader8601 2 года назад +2

    on the topic of hippos did you know that in the early years of the 20th century America was undergoing a meat crisis when it came to farming lifestock so the US Congress thought the unthinkable they considered a bold and ingenious plan that would simultaneously solve two pressing problems -- a national meat shortage and a growing ecological crisis. The plan was this: hippopotamus ranching.
    Hippos imported from Africa and raised in the bayous of Louisiana, proponents argued, would provide a delicious new source of protein for a meat-hungry nation. In the process, the animals would gobble up the invasive water hyacinth that was killing fish and choking off waterways. It would be an epic win-win. A bill was introduced in Congress, and newspaper editorials extolled the culinary virtues of "lake cow bacon."

    • @nfwrambo
      @nfwrambo 2 года назад +2

      Dear god, I can’t even imagine the fatality rate of an early 20th century hippo rancher

  • @flonn5519
    @flonn5519 2 года назад +2

    Great video i am happy i know what the hippo carriage is now thanks

  • @BigScreamingBaby
    @BigScreamingBaby 2 года назад +1

    That's just a pre industrial tank nothing to worry about

  • @jaydaniel2145
    @jaydaniel2145 2 года назад +8

    Imagine if the Hippo had some Jordans on!!!! Gotta look good when pretending to be a Bus!

  • @wermthewerm
    @wermthewerm 2 года назад +1

    "while the hippopotamus may seem like a gentle giant"
    how to die 101

  • @chrisqw5272
    @chrisqw5272 2 года назад +7

    You should make more of these videos it’s nice to see you make less serious video and see your Sense of humor

  • @giorgos6099
    @giorgos6099 2 года назад +2

    I'll be honest, i expected this photo to have been taken in Florida.

  • @tsdocholiday8965
    @tsdocholiday8965 2 года назад +12

    I wonder if he will ever finish that “history of 20 countries” or whatever it was before where he did England, France, and Spain amongst others. That’s what I subscribed for and while this stuff is fine and interesting I’d still like to see that series finished

    • @Fireoflearning
      @Fireoflearning  2 года назад +12

      Yes, Spain part 3 is a top priority. It's just it's been shifted around for a few reasons though. I will likely have it up this winter. Recent news may cause me to get it up even earlier than I planned.

    • @JohnnyLodge2
      @JohnnyLodge2 2 года назад

      Could be worse. Flash Point History is still doing a series on reconquista but he has spent about a year now on a side trip to the crusades itself a side trip to the fall of constantinople. And it is glorious

    • @hkleider
      @hkleider 2 года назад

      "History of Nations and Peoples"

  • @mastershake8018
    @mastershake8018 2 года назад +1

    I love HIppos. It's natures way of saying "Oh yeah? You got tanks? So am I."

  • @BerserkGorilla
    @BerserkGorilla 2 года назад +2

    The whippopotamus

  • @ihatethisaccount2774
    @ihatethisaccount2774 2 года назад +1

    Your best video

  • @thelemoninfa7506
    @thelemoninfa7506 2 года назад

    "Road dome so sloppy I almost crashed the Whippopotamus..."

  • @HUASHU03
    @HUASHU03 2 года назад +1

    I wait for the day when future historians analyse our memes with the same level of commentary, professional research, and high quality as this.

  • @ZigealFaust
    @ZigealFaust 2 года назад +1

    Ceaser: "You must race me and my best horse for freedom, lass."
    Me, after my hippo eats 30% of his horse: "Race you and your what?"

  • @franklinpierce176
    @franklinpierce176 2 года назад +5

    I need it… right now.

    • @nygothuey6607
      @nygothuey6607 2 года назад

      Go back to being a terrible and also cursed president.

    • @Bagginsess
      @Bagginsess 2 года назад

      A man of culture, I see.

  • @Squeam9750
    @Squeam9750 2 года назад +4

    Okay now that's interesting

  • @kaos7186
    @kaos7186 2 года назад +2

    Da hippo whip⁉️🥶

  • @EireHammer
    @EireHammer 2 года назад

    Hippo nitrogen cycle...that's a hilarious and poignant statement on hippo's defecation.
    Helicopter poops 🚁😂

  • @karetsin265
    @karetsin265 2 года назад

    this video was in my recommended for like 1 year

  • @fales2109
    @fales2109 2 года назад

    road done so sloppy almost crashed the whippopotamus

  • @roberttelarket4934
    @roberttelarket4934 2 года назад

    Now I’ve seen everything!

  • @pavelmachytka5604
    @pavelmachytka5604 2 года назад +1

    I SWEAR i saw that image Right before this video.

  • @curlyfries2956
    @curlyfries2956 2 года назад +1

    I am a simple man. I see hippo carriage, I click

  • @erzsblasfantaven3334
    @erzsblasfantaven3334 2 года назад +2

    what da hippo doin?

  • @reverse_thursday
    @reverse_thursday Год назад

    Road dome so sloppy I almost crashed the whippopotamus

  • @emmanuelledaavila8321
    @emmanuelledaavila8321 2 года назад +2

    This is awesome and odd enough as pickles on a burger

  • @Tyrexthecreaturedesigner
    @Tyrexthecreaturedesigner Год назад

    So many dangers of this transportation. For both people in front and in the drivers seat

  • @kitzilmasked7374
    @kitzilmasked7374 2 года назад +1

    we always ride hippos in my country

  • @vquill3927
    @vquill3927 2 года назад

    You should make a video on the complete history of pirates.

  • @uprightape100
    @uprightape100 2 года назад

    Tom Smothers once rode a hippo out onto stage in an episode of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour......I miss that short-lived show.

  • @Kiwibird63
    @Kiwibird63 2 года назад

    "what is this hippo carriage?"
    It's actually a Whippopotamus

  • @ermenher8381
    @ermenher8381 2 года назад +1

    How did I not know about this, I made a whole video about animals people used or attempted to use as transport? Out of all the crazy animals including lions and tigers, I found hippos the worst due to a combination of their preferred environment and terrible tempers. I didn't find a single account of anyone using a hippo for transport without eventually dying by it. But here is the exception, one can use a hippo to pull a chart safely. Still I would advise avoiding it.

  • @TilliginMusicandGrowing
    @TilliginMusicandGrowing 2 года назад +1

    I see you for what you really Are!!!

  • @jessicaschoonmaker2073
    @jessicaschoonmaker2073 2 года назад

    Yess

  • @the_inquisitive_inquisitor
    @the_inquisitive_inquisitor 2 года назад

    My mom's best friend from highschool was a lion tamer who became moderately famous in Japan in the 80s

  • @diebesgrab
    @diebesgrab 2 года назад

    I saw a thumbnail of a man riding a hippo chariot and clicked before I even saw it was in my sub feed.

  • @blankstride7634
    @blankstride7634 2 года назад

    The history of the whippopotamus

  • @abraxas365
    @abraxas365 Год назад

    It's the newest Twisted Metal character!

  • @JAGzilla-ur3lh
    @JAGzilla-ur3lh 2 года назад +1

    There needs to be a hippo cart in the next Twisted Metal game. The thing is already dangerous and over-the-top, just slap some machine guns and missile launchers on it and it's good to go.

  • @miamidolphinsfan
    @miamidolphinsfan 2 года назад +1

    Time or Life magazine ???

  • @bubbadoes6225
    @bubbadoes6225 2 года назад

    Such a cute hippo

  • @416loren
    @416loren 2 года назад

    2:58 Did you sat TIME Magazine?

  • @robertarguello1115
    @robertarguello1115 2 года назад +1

    Interesting, ... I never knew that hippopotamus' had been or could be domesticated. Thanks for the insight!

    • @ScampiTheSighted
      @ScampiTheSighted 2 года назад

      As I understand it, if you raise any animal from birth around outside of the wild and around humans, they're 'tame', though can still be unpredictable and dangerous. Domestication is where humans have been breeding them for so long they're basically they're own species now. I'd never get close to a 'tame' hippo hahaha

  • @coltinglovich4096
    @coltinglovich4096 2 года назад +1

    What is this hippo carriage? A question i ask myself everyday.

  • @dnstone1127
    @dnstone1127 2 года назад +1

    There was a lot of cruelty in America in first half of 20th century.

  • @Fummy007
    @Fummy007 2 года назад +1

    Hippomobile

  • @Alfonzo_the_Marine_Iguana
    @Alfonzo_the_Marine_Iguana 2 года назад

    Hippos can live between forty and fifty years in captivity.

  • @babutler1607
    @babutler1607 2 года назад +1

    Dripped out 🦛

  • @CwL-1984
    @CwL-1984 2 года назад

    I want one

  • @thepokeybird
    @thepokeybird 2 года назад +1

    Whippopotamus

  • @raider2537
    @raider2537 2 года назад

    Have you considered doing Greek mytho story’s?

  • @Urlocallordandsavior
    @Urlocallordandsavior 2 года назад

    Can you do a country profile on a non-European (also applies to European cultural countries like the former Anglosphere, Francosphere nations, etc...) country in the future Fire of Learning?

  • @jimgill19770
    @jimgill19770 2 года назад

    Poor hippo

  • @madambrianne
    @madambrianne 2 года назад

    Do a documentary on St. Valentine's day

  • @ianrodabaugh4674
    @ianrodabaugh4674 2 года назад

    Ah yes, the Whippopotamus

  • @tanjoy0205
    @tanjoy0205 2 года назад

    That would be the highest hippo power form of transport .

  • @vitriolicAmaranth
    @vitriolicAmaranth 2 года назад

    RICARDOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  • @jtgd
    @jtgd 2 года назад

    I want a Rhino carriage

  • @Darksmirk1
    @Darksmirk1 2 года назад

    Hippos almost shoot poop out of their bodies and wag it with their stubby tail. Why sit behind one? Lol

  • @Breatheairmyguy
    @Breatheairmyguy 2 года назад

    Pa I want a hippopotamus for Christmas! Okay Jessica. Waits for Christmas, yay I got a hippopotamus! I'm going to ride her! The hippo ooh another victim! Looks bite sized

  • @lovelememes6694
    @lovelememes6694 2 года назад

    The Whippopotamus

  • @LegendIke
    @LegendIke 2 года назад

    Please do war of roses some day

  • @ducksinarowpatience3670
    @ducksinarowpatience3670 2 года назад

    🥺

  • @1lps1
    @1lps1 2 года назад

  • @ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869
    @ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869 2 года назад

    I WANT A HIPPOPOTAMUS FOR CHRISTMAS
    ONLY A HIPPOPOTAMUS WILL DOOOO
    NO CROCODILES NO RHINOCEROSUSES
    I ONLY LIKE… HIPPOPOTAMUSESES
    AND HIPPOPOTAMUSESES LOVE ME TOO OOOO

  • @Vincent-nd3pj
    @Vincent-nd3pj 2 года назад

    Hippo on a stone

  • @Bagginsess
    @Bagginsess 2 года назад

    More like the chadmobile.

  • @Theflappingwalrus
    @Theflappingwalrus 2 года назад

    Hippo carriage

  • @Dimensionalalteration
    @Dimensionalalteration 2 года назад

    Loadess?because hippos are chunky?

  • @mybackhurts7020
    @mybackhurts7020 2 года назад

    Participate in the nitrogen cycle🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @Sviareik
    @Sviareik 2 года назад

    Please make History of Sweden or any nordic country. Most desirably Sweden since it has a rich and engaging legacy🇸🇪